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Is Michael Sam the Gay Jackie Robinson?

MSNBC.comMay 20, 2014

In Depth

Todd Solomon, commenting on the challenges that Michael Sam may face as the NFL’s first openly gay player, noted that offering same-sex partner benefits, which are currently not included in the league’s collective bargaining agreement, is “now an emerging issue for the NFL ... If you roll back the clock 15 years, corporate America didn’t offer same-sex partner benefits either, and had to deal with that.” Read the full article